Positioned for Growth
Sturgeon County’s Economic Innovation and Growth team is here to assist you with your business development decisions. Use this section to find valuable information on how to contact us, news and events, major projects and our newsletter.
About the County
- 2,100 square kilometres; we are the northern Edmonton Metropolitan Region
- 21,000 residents
- Major development areas: Sturgeon Valley, Sturgeon Industrial Park (SIP), Villeneuve Airport, Alberta’s Industrial Heartland
- Key memberships:Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association (AIHA),Edmonton Global andProtein Industries Canada (PIC)
- 2,535 Sturgeon County businesses (2016)
- Competitive non-residential tax rate of 1.09%
About the Edmonton Metropolitan Region
- Regional population of 1.5 million people
- Annual GDP of $110 billion
- The second fastest growing region in Canada with a highly skilled, mobile labour force of 837,000 people
- Robust innovation ecosystem with strengths in artifical intelligence, machine learning and nanotechnology
- Alberta post-secondary institutions are the fourth largest supplier of STEM graduates in the country